diff --git a/distutils/dist.py b/distutils/dist.py
index 4b3824df..f4eb6e89 100644
--- a/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/distutils/dist.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import logging
 from email import message_from_file
 
-from packaging.utils import canonicalize_name, canonicalize_version
+from ._vendor.packaging.utils import canonicalize_name, canonicalize_version
 
 try:
     import warnings